St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-30
PARNELn HEARD FROM.
His CabI eg ram to John Fitzgerald
A Cheering Response.

LINCOLN, Neb., March 29.-The follow
ing cablegram was received by Hon. John
Fitzgerald to-day and the following reply
sent to Parnell:
House of Commons, London. March 90
Hon. John Fitzgera Lincoln, Neb: The CO.
ercion bill proposed tonight in the house OF
commons is the eighty-seventh since the act
OF union, eighty-seven years ago. 1t is also
the most stringent tyrannical and uncalled
for by the state of things in Ireland. Never
before has coercion bill been proposed when
crime was so rapidly decreasing as compared
with previous years. The measure is aimed
against all open agitation and it appears to
be expressly designated for driving
dIsconent beneath the surface. 1t
places all public speakers, writer's
and conductors OF newspapers absolutely
at the mercy of stipendiary magistrates,
holding their office at the pleasure of the
crown. 1t condemns the Irish speaking
peasant of rack rented Kerry to the tender
mercies of packed jury of Orangemen or
the Old Bailey in London. The Liberal party,
headed by Gladstone. stands as one man
against this measure, and will fight shoulder
to shoulder with US in opposition to it to the
last. 1t seems impossible to believe that even
the present house of commons will continue
to follow the Tory government in their mad
course, and good Judges consider the measure
will break and ruin the cabinet. We must.
however, prepare for the worst, and con-
fidently appeal to the American people for
that sympathy and support which they have
never withheld from a people struggling for
liberty.
RESPONSES.
Lincoln, Neb.. March 29.-Hon. Charles S.
Parpell, House Of Commons, London: Cable
received. The league will redoub BILE its efforts.
Ireland is sure of American sympathy and
support in the coming crisis. The Nebraska
clarv1
resolutions of sympathy with Ireland and
condemning the Tory policy of coercion. This
and similar manifestations throughout this
free country give the lie TO the slanderS of
the English press that true Americans do not
sympathiZe with Ireland. This great liberty
loving people of the United States are en-
tirely In sympathy with Ireland's struggle for
home rule. JOHN FITZGERALD, President.
The following resolutions were passed in
both houses of the legislature by unanimous
vote and were Immediately cabled to Glad
stone and Parnell:
Whereas The government of Great Britain,
in defiance of the wishes of the Irish people
and of the expressed will of the people of
Wales and Scotland, and of the democracy of
England, ceny the Irish people responsible
government, and now threaten them with the
inhiction of laws that will trarnple on every
vestige of personal and constitutional liberty.
and must only end in bloodshed, if not in the
ruin of the Irish people; and
Whereas, The Irish people have always
been steadfast and faithful friends of Amer
lean liberty, fighting for its achievement and
dying for its preservation, and so bound up
with us by ties of blood and honorable
memory that our hearts are greatly moved by
their noble struggle for human freedom:
Resolved, That we condemn the Irish pol
icy of Lord Salisbury and his cabinet as at
variance with every principle of constitu-
rlonal law and justice. as inhuman in concep-
ton and tending not only to injure the peo-
pie Of ireland, but to imperi the safety of
the British empire and to estrange the good
will and friendship OF the United States, who
have never sanctioned a policy that conflicts
with justice and liberty.
Resolved That we extend to Mr.. Parpell
and his colaborers, and to the Irish nation
our heartfelt sympathy and encouragement
to continue their gallant struggle until, under
the Ggis of a national and responsible govern
ment, Ireland shall once more enjoy peace
and happiness.
Resolved, That we honor the noble stand
taken by Mr.. Gladstone and the enlightened
democracy of Great Britain, and express our
confidence that their principles of justice and
liberty to Ireland will prevail over the bar
barous policy of the Tory government.
Resolved, That copies Of these dispatches
be cabled TO Hon. Charles Stewart Parnell and
Hon. Evart Gladstone house of commons
London.